Holcroft v. Halbert

Suit by Halbert against Holcroft, the master, or captain, and Pechirvpaugli and others, the alleged owners of a steamboat, on an account for money paid and goods, &c., furnished for the use of said boat, on the order of the master. A bill of particulars accompanied the complaint. The demand was for over $1,000; and one item of it was for money paid upon a judgment. Many of the items were for articles not apparently necessary, or even appropriate, to be used on the *257steamboat. The listing of the boat by "the assessor for taxation was given in evidence, upon the question of ownership of the…